Does anyone received an email like this? this sounds to be true, please help!?

Question

West African Commission

Enterprise and Industry DG

Communication and Information Unit/R4 abj 13/ 092

B - 1049 Abuja (Nigeria)

Released: July 17th, 2008.

We bring to your notice the decision by the board of trustees of The West

African Union to choose you as one of the final recipients of a

cashgrant/donation for your own personal, educational, and business

development (SME funding).

To promote growth and creating new jobs in the West African economy, We

are giving out a yearly donation to 100 lucky recipients who have been

selected from random websites all over the globe, as funding/aid from the

West African Union,African Commission, and the United Nations in

accordance with enabling acts of Parliament.

Your Confirmable International Certified Bank Draft of $1.200,0000.00 {one

million two hundred United States Dollars Have Been Deposited with the

CARDINAL SECURITY SERVICES And For your information, We have paid for the

delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the

Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist

attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the CARDINAL SECURITY SERVICES to deliver

your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($170 USD)

Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Cardinal security Company

so far for keeping the draft till date. Again, don't be deceived by

anybody to pay any other money except $170US Dollars.

For detailed information, please contact paying office :

Name: Dr. Dominic Brett

E-mail:[e-mail]

Tel # [phone]

Remember to quote your identification numbers. Find your identification

numbers below:

BATCH NUMBER: WA-09102XN

UNIQUE NUMBER: AF09788

Note that these numbers fall within your location file.

Thank you and accept my congratulations once again!

Mrs Angela Peters

Information Officer and Coordinator,

West Africa Resources Network

Answer 1

do not ANSWER FOR ANY REASON:!!!!!!!!!!!  it is a scam!

Answer 2

I have received these kinds of emails before and I can tell you, they are most definitely a scam. I had a friend in college who actually thought it was real and came close to sending in money until a few of us talked him out of it.

Answer 3

It's a scam to get $170 dollars out of you. You should report it to your email provider as a phishing scam. I have received this kind of email and always report it as phishing. If an offer sounds too good to be true then it usually is. Think about it - How would giving away large amounts of money help the West African economy?

Answer 4

I get ten of these a day. If they were real, I'd make  Warren Buffet look like a beggar lol

Answer 5

its another scam

Answer 6

Yes, yes.  I get these all the time.  If even half of these were real, I would be the riches woman on earth now.  You'll get many more of them.  But what you need to do is watch the news.  These scammers are everywhere.  I even have in my posession a three thousand dollar check that someone wanted me to deposit into my checking account in order to cover the fees of having my winnings sent to me.  You'll get them from any country.  Don't get worked up over them.  You have to remember that you never entered a lottery in West Africa.  These email's will come with words that sound legal, and legitimate.  I even recieved an email from Microsoft saying that Bill Gates himself was giving me thousands just for using the internet.  I contacted Microsoft and they assured me that Mr. Gates had not nor will he ever promote something like that.  So welcome to the club, we are not alone.

Answer 7

scam....don't send them money

please....if the country is so poor how is giving away $1.2mill going to help??!!

Answer 8

Money Scams

Money scams crawl in

through many forms, flavors.

They, all, have one thing in

common, and that's an

emphasis on how you can

make lots of money.

Yes, it's a money scam.

read my blog post on

money scams.  

I've received them, and

there's only one place

for them, trash.

Answer 9

Yeah, I have received several similar e-mails, all scams. I used to play their games up to the point where they ask for the money to be sent to a certain person and address, and then I end the bluff and tell them off for the real scammers they really are. lol

Answer 10

I get them every day. like at least 5 a day. SCAM!!

Answer 11

don't fall for this scam

Answer 12

No. Never trust this and any such email. There are hundreds of fake organizations like these and not only people from backward countries, but also residents of advanced nations such as USA and UK have been fooled by these crooks.

Never send any money to anyone, unless you know him personally or one of your close friends knows him.

                                                      Javed Iqbal

Answer 13

It's a fake. If it was real i'd be the worlds richest person by now.

sorry.

Answer 14

Nope, these are always scams. Don't answer it and report it as spam to your email provider.

Answer 15

Just a hint, Nigerian scams have been around long before the internet (before that usually by air mail).  So I would be VERY skeptical (they might either just keep your money, or clean out your bank account if a personal check).

They come up with new stories all the time.